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by milcron 3597 days ago
Unfortunately, it seems impossible to acquire a modern x86/x64 chip without such hidden firmware. The last Intel CPUs without it are from 2008, and the last AMD CPUs without it are from 2013.

If you can tolerate using a different CPU architecture, Raptor Engineering's Talos Secure Workstation looks very intriguing. https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease.php
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rasz_pl 3597 days ago
>last Intel CPUs without it are from 2008

and those have cpu wide ring0 escalation bug https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-15/materials/us-15-Domas-Th...

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imtringued 3597 days ago
Why is the power8 architecture not more widely used? The performance is competitive with the intel's Xeon series and for memory or IO bound workloads a power8 CPU is often superior.
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